FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A driver who plowed into a crowd on a Southern California sidewalk in 2019, injuring nine people, was convicted Thursday of hit-and-run crimes, but jurors deadlocked on a charge of driving under the influence of drugs.
A mistrial was declared over the DUI charge in the trial of 27-year-old Christopher Solis, the Orange County Register reported.
Several victims were trapped under the truck until bystanders lifted the pickup and pulled them free.
Jurors convicted him of hit-and-run causing injuries, hit-and-run causing property damage and being in possession of a drug.
The Orange County District Attorney's Office didn't immediately indicate whether it would retry Solis on the DUI charge.
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